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Unprecedented 0
ABC News calls out the Squeaker of the House for making stuff up.
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
Gullible? As all get out, as security maven Bruce Schneier explains. Here’s a tiny bit from his article (emphasis added):
In related news, check out this week’s episode of Harry Shearer’s Le Show for a report on AI’s bubbleliciousness. The relevant portion starts at about the eight minute mark.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Yet another “responsible gun owner” discharges his responsiblity.
The man, a licensed CPL holder, told police his handgun discharged while he was reaching into his pocket.
One more time, “responsible gun owner” is an osymoron.
The Occupying Army 0
Via The Sacramento Bee, Mary Ellen Klas reminds that the members of the National Guard enlisted to defend the United States, not to be assinged to occupy cities that did not vote for Donald Trump. She fears that the long-term effects on the morale and spirit of the Guard will be less then beneficial.
Methinks her article is well worth a read.
True Colors 0
Joe Conason looks at the racist and bigoted texts sent by Young Republicans and says, “No surprises here.” Here’s a bit from his article:
Follow the link for context.
“No Thrones, No Crowns, No Kings” 0
Bill Nye, the Science Guy, speaks at the Washington, D. C., No Kings rally.
A Notion of Immigrants 0
It appears that the Trump maladministration is getting even meaner for the sake of mean.
For some fool reason, I find myself thinking of a book I read a long time ago.
Republican Thought Police 0
The EFF reports that they have joined a suit to stop the Trump maladministration’s efforts to surveil and punish persons for exercising their First Amendment right to freedom of speech. Here’s a bit from their release (emphasis added):
As detailed in the complaint, when asked in a survey if they had changed their social media activity as a result of the Trump administration’s ideological online surveillance program, over 60 percent of responding UAW members and over 30 percent of responding CWA members who were aware of the program said they had. Among noncitizens, these numbers were even higher. Of respondents aware of the program, over 80 percent of UAW members who were not U.S. citizens and over 40 percent of CWA members who were not U.S. citizens said they had changed their activity online.
Much more at the link.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Another “responsible gun owner” exposes a portable phallus to a child.
The child brought their backpack to the carpet area and emptied it, including the contents of a “belt bag” which included the gun.
Guns and stupid, guns and stupid.
They go together like love and Cupid.
Let me tell you brother,
You can’t have one without the other.
Republican Family Values 0
Michael in Norfolk notes that “Republican family values have really been little more than an empty slogan, but that even that little bit seems to have withered away under the Trump maladministration.“
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Rick Strom suggests that “Maddox” rhymes with “MAGA.”
Aside:
As Rick notes, half a century later, Jim Brown himself failed to parse the rhyme and supported Trump in 2016. The Nation’s Dave Zirin offers some thoughts as to why,
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*Mark Twain.